SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-08-02T14:33:06-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsPneumatic on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerPneumaticurn:uuid:3237cfd9-9b57-4786-433d-3ce3498b1ad22015-06-20T12:49:15-06:00<p>Nevermind&hellip; just loose wires&hellip; it seems to work great wired up directly to an arduino pin.</p>Pneumatic on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerPneumaticurn:uuid:b7d702c7-51a4-cd65-88d9-915715bdedf72015-06-20T10:08:11-06:00<p>I didn&rsquo;t read the datasheet and assumed that this was a piezo speaker. It&rsquo;s actually an eletromagnetic speaker with a coil. I hooked it up directly to the output pin of my arduino pro mini (5V), and I think I blew out a couple of pins. :-(</p>Customer #563239 on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerCustomer #563239urn:uuid:9d811518-0799-24a8-5669-369107eec0022014-06-13T20:48:19-06:00<p>Do you have one slightly larger in dia. and one fourth &ldquo; thick ,I need one for a police scanner ?</p>Customer #489475 on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerCustomer #489475urn:uuid:a776014e-b349-f49f-03b7-36e78b6d6e082013-11-18T02:34:34-07:00<p>How does this speaker perform at full-range, vocals I assume sound good as this is a greeting card speaker.. Will instruments be heard?</p>Kamiquasi on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerKamiquasiurn:uuid:3f6943e9-c170-51f3-679c-6e9ddc3fb2ab2013-05-19T17:51:13-06:00<p>Speakers do have &lsquo;polarity&rsquo;, in a way, although whether or not you&rsquo;ll care depends on various circumstances. For headphones, for example, it&rsquo;s fairly important that you do get the polarity the same (whether correct or incorrect, as long as they&rsquo;re both correct, or both incorrect) as otherwise your brain starts playing tricks on you. For room speakers it becomes less of an issue, although in some circumstances you can get cancellation effects going that, again, make things sound odd. So it can&rsquo;t hurt to at least wire the speakers up the same way.</p>
<p>You do run into some problems if you have dissimilar speakers and aren&rsquo;t sure which pin is which. One trick you can use on larger speakers is to just apply a small DC voltage (an AA battery, for example), and when the speaker cone is pushed outward, note which battery terminal (positive vs negative) you applied to which pin.</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;d be able to easily use that method on this thin speaker (the deflection would be quite minor and difficult to spot). However, you don&rsquo;t have to. On this speaker, the + is actually marked on the speaker itself. It&rsquo;s not easy to see and looks more like just a thick line at one of the solder pads, but it&rsquo;s there :)</p>532nmIsMyFavoriteColor on COM-10722 - Thin Speaker532nmIsMyFavoriteColorurn:uuid:e9a63574-bb0c-b5cd-dbc3-6f5a153536642013-05-18T13:39:55-06:00<p>Help me out I&rsquo;m a noob&hellip;
Are speakers polarized?
How would one control the volume of this?</p>Customer #230204 on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerCustomer #230204urn:uuid:9232e5fd-2fcf-6fc4-54b1-7eb5fc6f34892013-02-25T19:16:23-07:00<p>when I was soldering longer leads to the built in leads the built in leads broke. so I improvised by soldering my wires to the terminal where the built in leads were. then that whole thing (with the solder points) broke off, leaving the speaker useless. and it made good sound whe hooked up to my PICAXE too. :(</p>EaZyCheaZ on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerEaZyCheaZurn:uuid:e8668958-9f3d-c9fa-004e-3f2d519ea3032012-10-23T09:07:25-06:00<p>Could you please search your couch cushions for another two quarters and a nickel so you can just buy the damn speaker and hush already?</p>Customer #197750 on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerCustomer #197750urn:uuid:a8b54c97-9c73-4dd2-43ce-06e5bf9c5fc92012-09-01T22:26:41-06:00<p>Could you please place a chain of helium atoms next to the ruler next to the ruler on top of the speaker next to the dime next to the nickel next to the quarter so we can see how thick they are?</p>Sam_Bamboo on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerSam_Bamboourn:uuid:ff7e72d9-5646-f11c-1157-57ea393dee6f2012-07-16T01:12:25-06:00<p>Could you please place the center of the ruler on top of the speaker then place the quarter on one end of the ruler then immediately slam down on the other end of the ruler.
The greatest height of the quarter will give a great indication of how thick the speaker is.</p>DanZ on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerDanZurn:uuid:6a8fb9a1-99d1-6b6e-4a42-695e50bcfbcc2012-07-09T10:58:42-06:00<p>I read the Dimensional Drawing, and in the back of my head I heard my high school physics teacher yelling at me, &ldquo;UNITS! Where&rsquo;s your Units??</p>ATtiny Fan on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerATtiny Fanurn:uuid:0fb1f001-c28a-74ad-fc08-951ed9cd3d602012-05-05T16:35:21-06:00<p>Could you please put a ruler next to the ruler so we know how big the rulers are?</p>JRThro on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerJRThrourn:uuid:cca0c0ea-63d5-de6d-6a09-f5bed5fc1c722011-11-11T13:10:51-07:00<p>So this is something that you could connect straight to a PWM output on an Arduino or equivalent to play sounds?</p>
<p>I just got a Freetronics EtherTen and a Gameduino a few days ago, so I&rsquo;m new.</p>IllogicGate on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerIllogicGateurn:uuid:912d89f3-7f2e-2635-519d-e89a8fa320692011-10-14T07:48:58-06:00<p>WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</p>Andrew12 on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerAndrew12urn:uuid:6b8b0fd8-9b19-11fd-2d77-ad22a64557bd2011-09-29T10:54:54-06:00<p>Could you please put a speaker next to the ruler so we can see how big the ruler is?</p>emihackr97 on COM-10722 - Thin Speakeremihackr97urn:uuid:29757fb4-a7ee-dee3-8d96-1c3703d087342011-07-10T18:04:39-06:00<p>Could you please put a ruler next to the dime so we can see how tick everyting is?</p>MattTheGeek on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerMattTheGeekurn:uuid:5f844bcd-5323-c6a4-9233-009a39d6ba372011-07-04T10:35:43-06:00<p>Could you please put a dime next to the nickel so we can see how thick your nickel is so we can see how thick your quarter is?</p>bidontr on COM-10722 - Thin Speakerbidontrurn:uuid:0d342b24-7c8d-cf09-3279-d0748c45ef022011-07-02T03:18:40-06:00<p>cool</p>EvanTeitelman on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:176f47e0-6020-900c-6cbd-2b1ce1cc5fa02011-07-01T22:25:45-06:00<p>Could you please put that quarter next to a nickel so we can see how thick your quarter is?</p>MikeGrusin on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerMikeGrusinurn:uuid:f835ca18-f4e6-bb84-6bf6-3fb05e8028b72011-07-01T13:58:51-06:00<p>Yes, but the locked, climate-controlled, dust-free case we keep it in between shoots was <em>really</em> expensive.</p>JoshFranz on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerJoshFranzurn:uuid:1a38c14c-0bc5-ecf4-6836-5bb7426424d52011-07-01T11:32:04-06:00<p>How much does a NIST-calibrated quarter go for? $0.25? :)</p>MikeGrusin on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerMikeGrusinurn:uuid:bc3bdade-56e7-c372-7edd-e1b3b55f98612011-07-01T11:18:57-06:00<p>The last photo has it in profile next to our NIST-calibrated quarter.</p>TLAlexander on COM-10722 - Thin SpeakerTLAlexanderurn:uuid:ba2ef1e5-3118-aa75-6c30-e033ea2c216f2011-06-30T15:13:00-06:00<p>Can we get a profile shot? We are talking about how thin this is after all. :)</p>vmspionage on COM-10722 - Thin Speakervmspionageurn:uuid:a1005208-ebb1-13a8-dcfa-4396e3295cf22011-06-30T13:35:29-06:00<p>the price is right :)</p>